Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Caring for our History
Diary at the ready! The GCR have given us advanced notice of when trains will next run on the Mountsorrel Branch Line, so keep the weekend of the 20th/21st August free. Trains will be made up of the three carriages forming the GCR’s heritage diesel multiple unit, as shown on… Continue reading Trains announced: August 20th and 21st
The three Mountsorrel Granite Company liveried wagons arrived at the heritage centre’s new railway museum to-day. The wagons were restored back in 2010, almost entirely by young people including a group of teenage girls on Tuesday evenings. Continue reading Granite Wagons arrive at Nunckley Hill
Keep your fingers crossed for fine weather for Sunday 19th June. Weather permitting The Left Hand Band will be playing a mixture of 50’s Rock-n-roll and other oldies for our customers between 2 and 4 pm in the outside seating area. Continue reading The Left Hand Band
We are thrilled to announce that the project won our second CBC Don’t Muck Around award, this time for Community Achievement. This is a very special award as it recognizes the well over 100,000 hours of volunteer time that has gone into restoring the Mountsorrel Railway and creating the Heritage… Continue reading CBC Don’t Muck Around Award
It’s just over 6 weeks since we opened our doors. This morning we were amazed to discover that a whopping 10,000 visitors have visited the Heritage Centre site and Granite’s coffee Shop! To celebrate this huge milestone the lucky group each received a free drink and cake to mark occasion.… Continue reading Granite’s receives its 10,000th visitor
Meet Rachel, local author and illustrator of a new series of children’s books and Ruffle. From Wednesday May 18th, between 1:30pm and 2:30pm, Ruffle will be telling you all about his many adventures. Continue reading Story Telling with Ruffle the rail dog
“Passing Through” Exhibition Meet the Artists Session Saturday 30th April 10.00 am – 2.00 pm Come and meet the artists involved in our current exhibition “Passing Through”. This is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the work on display in the Community Room. There will be informal talks by… Continue reading Meet the Artists
Well this will be the last progress update, and the last time the list of tasks in Our plans for March and April will need updating! Lets start with progress within the building. Ray has finished the Granite’s serving counter which looks amazing, and he has also made three… Continue reading Progress: 17th April
With under four weeks to go before opening how are we progressing and what is left to do?
We have groups working most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays so if you can help in any way please get in touch. Continue reading Our plans for March and April
Back in February a team of volunteers from Network Rail spent two days helping out laying track and working on the Nunckley Trail. They came back last week to continue their work. You can read more about their away-days on the Network Rail Website.